Neighbourhoods

Compass NS currently has 111 homes located in 8 neighbourhoods. Compass NS’s Neighbourhoods are located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship” which Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik people, first signed with the British Crown in 1725.

Capeland Neighbourhood

Capeland Housing Co-operative Limited, was originally incorporated in 1981 as a Non-profit Housing Co-operative under the Federal Section 95 funding program. The homes are located on Deal Street, Herring Cove Road and Green Acres Road. In the early 2000’s, the co-op started to struggle with their governance model and stopped…
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Central Dartmouth Neighbourhood

Central Dartmouth Housing Co-operative Limited, was originally incorporated in 1988 as a Non-profit Housing Co-operative under the ILM funding program. The homes are located on Bellevista Drive, Dorothea Drive, Medway Court, Spar Cresent, Spring Avenue and Wilbur Court. The Co-operative Board was finding it difficult to manage and started looking…
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Chameleon Neighbourhood

Chameleon Housing Co-operative Limited, originally incorporated under the name of Matador Court Housing Co-operative Ltd., was originally incorporated in 1981 as a Non-profit Housing Co-operative under the Section 95 funding program. The Co-op decided to change its name to Chameleon Housing Co-operative Limited in 1984. The homes are located on…
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Lake City Neighbourhood

Lake City Co-operative Limited was originally incorporated in 1977 as a Non-profit Housing Co-operative under the Section 61 funding program. All the homes are located on Spring Avenue. In the early 2000’s the Co-op started to struggle with their governance and stopped functioning as a Housing Co-op and in 2015…
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Spanish Bay Neighbourhood

Spanish Bay Continuing Housing Co-operative Ltd. was originally incorporated in 1986 as a Non-profit Housing Co-operative to build new co-op homes under the ILM funding program. The first date of occupancy was November 1, 1987. All the homes are located on Pentecost Drive and Murphy Road. The Co-operative Board was…
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Topshee Neighbourhood

Topshee Housing Co-operative Limited was originally incorporated in 1983 as a Non-profit Housing Co-operative under the Section 95 funding program. The first date of occupancy was January 1, 1984. All the homes are located on Grandview Drive. In 2015 the co-op was assigned back to the Province as they were…
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Gimmie Shelter Neighbourhood

Gimmie Shelter Continuing Housing Co-operative Limited was originally incorporated in 1983 as a Non-profit Housing Co-operative under the ILM funding program. The homes are located on Park Street, Whitney Avenue and Brookland Street.  The Co-op was not functioning as a co-op and did not have a proper governing Board in…
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New Armdale Westside Neighbourhood

New Armdale Westside Housing Co-operative Limited was incorporated in 2007 as a Non-profit Housing Co-operative as part of a merger of the following Section 95 funded co-ops; Armdale and District Housing Co-operative Limited (Incorporated 1979, occupancy 1984), Amos Housing Co-operative Limited (Incorporated and occupied in 1981), Harbour West Housing Co-operative…
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